New options for watching Papal Masses LIVE [Fr. Z]

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I received good news this morning.

For Christmas, Vatican Radio’s website is offering its users a new service. It will allow users to stream liturgical celebrations presided over by the Holy Father through audio/video, live and in high definition: The Vigil Mass on Friday, December 24 starting at 22.00; the Christmas Message with the “Urbi et Orbi” blessing on December 25 starting at 12:00; and the marking of the World Day of Peace on January 1 at 10.00.

Audio will be available in the following languages: Italian, English, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese. For the vigil on December 24 commentary in Chinese will be available, and for the celebration on January 1 Arabic will also be available. *[How about NO LANGUAGE?]

Access to the player is very simple: Go to our homepage at*www.vaticanradio.org and click on “Audio Video Player” on the top-left.

It is great that they are updating!** Usually in the Vatican they update their technology every 75 years, whether it needs it or not.

Many people who like to watch the Papal Masses on TV or over the internet have often lamented that they would like a raw feed without the voice over commentary.* Sadly, because the commentary is from the Vatican RADIO, there is sometimes too much chatter for a stream with video.

We whiners and complainers need to keep pushing for a stream without voice over commentary.

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I agree with Fr. Z. I actually started to enjoy the Papal Mass (OF) which the Pope said in Latin. Then the commentator started to drown out the Latin with English, even the beautiful Gloria. Why? It almost seemed rude. How are people going to learn Latin or get exposed to it when this is done? Like they’re going to learn something new if they keep hearing the vernacular all the time?
 
I agree. I can’t stand to watch the Papal Masses, because the commentators won’t BE QUIET. I can SEE what the Pope is doing, and all that needs to be translated for us are the readings. I don’t like to watch recordings of Mass, but I would watch Papal Masses on occasion if the people broadcasting it treated it as they should. They should just set up the cameras, and let them roll while they themselves participate in the Mass.
 
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